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Anatomy of a Cyberattack – On July 8, 2025, Marks & Spencer Chairman Archie Norman appeared before the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Sub-Committee. The hearing focused on the April cyberattack that shook the British retail giant. Norman, joined by General Counsel Nick Folland and Corporate Affairs Director Victoria McKenzie-Gould, delivered a sobering account of … Read more
We’ve reported on AON’s new cyber risk report with posts including one on the drop in ransomware payments made by clients of the cyber insurance broker. Another element of the report that struck us as interesting: details on AON’s “Cyber Quotient Evaluation (CyQu), a patented global cyber e-submission platform,” the key part of the broker’s … Read more
The Marks & Spencer hack — which might cost the retailer $400 million in profits, erased even more in market cap and could lead to cyber insurance claims of at least $133 million — is just one of three recent hacks of large British retailers. “At some point the increase in frequency and severity — … Read more
The hack of British retailer Marks & Spencer could reduce its profits over the coming year by £300m (more than $400 million), according to its recent report of financial results for the London Stock Exchange. This impact substantially exceeds the initial $133 million cyber insurance claim the company is expected to file. Marks & Spencer … Read more
British retailer M&S (Marks and Spencer) is expected to make a cyber insurance claim of around £100 million (app. $133 million) following a hack that forced the company to stop taking onine orders and also exposed customer data, the Financial Times (FT) and other media sources report (paywall may apply.) Allianz & Beazley on Hook … Read more